Results of Night One of Town Meeting
| # | Article | Outcome | Yes | No |
| Articles completed on Night 1, Monday, April 29 |
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| 1 | Recognize Citizens and Employees for Particular Service to the Town | Passed | ||
| Motion 1 to recognize volunteers with 25+ years of service | Passed | 294 | 13 | |
| Motion 2 to recognize employees who have retired with 20+ years of service | Passed | 346 | 13 | |
| Motion 3 to observe a moment of silence in memory of employees with 10+ years of service who have died in the past year | ||||
| 2 | Pay Previous Fiscal Years Unpaid Bills | Passed | 377 | 19 |
| 3 | Current Year Transfers | Passed | 378 | 17 |
| 4 | OPEB Funding | Passed | 350 | 34 |
| 5 | Fiscal Year 2020 Revolving Fund Expenditure Limits | Passed | 363 | 35 |
| 6 | Fiscal Year Omnibus Budget | Passed | ||
| Operating Budget | Passed | 428 | 55 | |
| Capital Budget | Passed | |||
| motion to delete line 4 (Trash Compactor) | Failed | 114 | 421 | |
| motion to change funding source for Lines 19 and 20 from WB (water borrowing) to WC (Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings) | Failed | 140 | 421 | |
| Main Motion | Passed | 448 | 76 | |
| X | Motion to change sequence of articles to take Articles 18, 19 and 20 after Article 9 | |||
| Motion to add Article 24 to existing list | Failed | 260 | 348 | |
| Vote on motion to change sequence had a majority, but not two-thirds | Failed | 350 | 264 | |
| 7 | Personnel Bylaws and Wage & Classification Plan | Passed | 417 | 69 |
| 8 | CPA: Set asides and transfers | Passed | 457 | 70 |
| 9 | Compensation for Town Clerk | Passed | 469 | 70 |
| 10 | Wayland Welcomes resolution | Passed | ||
| Motion to amend article to add “independent contractor or volunteer” of the Town of Wayland to the employees who were already included | Failed | 171 | 497 | |
| Vote on main motion | Passed | 504 | 154 | |
| 11 | Resolution to Create a Committee to Organize a Wayland Music Festival | Passed | ||
| Motion to allow Middle School students who developed the article to speak at Town Meeting | Passed | 548 | 94 | |
| [Note: 94 people voted against allowing three Middle School students who worked on this article to address the meeting] | ||||
| Main Motion | Passed | 646 | 42 | |
| 12 | Automatic Water Meter Reading | Passed | 289 | 122 |
| Articles completed on Night 2, Tuesday, April 30 | ||||
| 13 | High School Athletic Complex Renovation | Passed | 1030 | 224 |
| 14 | CPA: Partial Funding for Part 2 of the Wayland High School Athletic Complex Plan | Passed | 1142 | 162 |
| 15 | Loker Turf Field | Failed | ||
| Amendment to reduce budget to $2.8 million | Failed | 332 | 972 | |
| Main Motion (had majority, but not 2/3 necessary) | Failed | 894 | 468 | |
| X | Motion to re-order articles (to move marijuana article forward) | Failed | 437 | 532 |
| 16 | Build a Grass Athletic Field on Loker Recreation and Conservation Area Property | Failed | ||
| Motion to amend field to make it 11v11, add lights, and increase budget by 15% | Passed | 652 | 363 | |
| Motion as amended | Failed | 404 | 586 | |
| 17 | CPA: Rehabilitate Trailheads and Construct Limited Parking at Loker Conservation and Recreation Area | |||
| Motion 1 (trailheads) | Passed | 423 | 86 | |
| Motion 2 (parking area) | Passed | 298 | 205 | |
| 18 | CPA: Recreation Projects to Include Construction of Boat Ramp on Dudley Pond and Outdoor Classroom and Pollinator Garden at Cow Common | |||
| Motion 1 (boat launch) | Passed | |||
| Motion 2 (outdoor classroom and native pollinator garden) | Passed | |||
| X | motion to extend time limit for evening’s debate until warrant is complete | Passed | 255 | 101 |
| 19 | CPA: Historic Preservation Projects to Restore Fence at First Parish Church, Preserve Arched Window at Cochituate Village Apartments, and Restore Stone’s Bridge | Passed | ||
| Motion 1 (fencing by First Parish Church) | Passed | |||
| Motion to reduce budget from $17,000 to 3,000 | Failed | |||
| Motion 1 as presented | Passed | 239 | 53 | |
| Motion 2 (preserve arched window of Cochituate School) | Passed | 260 | 37 | |
| Motion 3 (preserve Stone’s Bridge) | Passed | 246 | 62 | |
| 20 | CPA: Funding for Housing Consultant | Passed | 245 | 65 |
| 21 | Accept Spencer Circle as a Public Way | Passed over | ||
| 22 | Zoning: Amend Code Related to Marijuana Establishments and Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers | Passed | 241 | 60 |
| 23 | Appropriate Funds for Snake Brook Dam Valve Repairs | Passed | ||
| 24 | Limit Carrying of Weapons in Town Buildings and to Town Events | Failed | 63 | 121 |
| 25 | Choose Town Officers | Passed | 138 | 4 |
| 26 | Hear Reports | |||
| PCC announces Mike Patterson as winner of Lydia Maria Child award | ||||
